I-526 Timing Estimates
In response to repeated requests, I am open to consult about I-526 processing times. It’s impossible to say for sure how long you will have to wait for your petition to be processed, because data is limited and the process itself is in flux. Nevertheless, I can assess probabilities and draw on information that is available in order to address such questions as:
- What are best-case and worst-case scenarios for I-526 timing for my country and priority date?
- What evidence can support a case that my I-526 is unreasonably delayed?
- What is my place in the I-526 backlog? How many I-526 currently have priority to be processed before mine?
- How does the visa availability approach affect my priority and processing time?
- What do we know about history and trends at IPO for I-526 processing volume?
- Which I-526 are being processed now?
- How can I interpret I-526 processing reports?
- What can I do to influence my I-526 timing?
- How can I think about the probability that my children will face age-out?
The I-526 timing consultation service is a personalized analysis specific to your country, priority date, and individual questions and concerns. The consultation includes an organized collection of data relevant to your case and questions, analysis and explanation of that data, and on-going discussion. You can follow up by email with questions, or schedule a call or chat to discuss further. I will continue to follow up until December 31, 2020, contacting you as I obtain significant new data or information, note changed circumstances, or think of a better way to approach your timing questions. For detail about the resources I currently have available to apply to timing questions, see the table at the base of this post.
To request the service, please complete and submit the following form. I will respond by email with confirmation and payment instructions. The fee is $200, reflecting a portion of the time I put into the service.
For the moment, I am only offering I-526 consultation, with visa timing considered as it affects I-526. In the future, I will add additional products specific to visa wait times for China, Vietnam, and India.
I-526 Timing Consultation Package Request Form
Available Data and Information
I have collected and analyzed data and resources related to capacity, process, and queue questions. In making a timing consultation, I select and calculate from data points in this collection that are particularly relevant to your situation and questions. Available information is limited, particularly for people who filed I-526 recently. As time goes on, more information will become available.
EB-5 Wait Time Factors | Information available to Suzanne as of April 2020 |
Capacity Questions
How many I-526 will USCIS adjudicate per quarter? How many visas are available annually to each country? What factors may change capacity in the future?
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Process Questions
What officially determines the order of I-526 adjudication? What determines the order of visa issuance? Is there anything the petitioner can do to influence the process? How can we interpret the USCIS processing times report and monthly visa bulletin? |
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Queue Questions
At the time you filed I-526, how many other people were in line for EB-5 visas? From which countries, and when did they file I-526? Where were they in the process – I-526 stage or visa stage? Today, how many people who were already in line when you filed I-526 are still in line? Where are they in the process today? Could your timing be affected by anyone who filed I-526 after you did? If so, can we quantify the population of people who might get earlier priority for I-526 adjudication or a visa? |
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Hi Suzanne,
Hope you doing well. As USCIS has published FY2019 Q4 data, I was wondering if your EB5 timing estimate service has resumed. I am an F1 student in the US who has a pending I-526 petition.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
I will post an update when I figure out how to package a service that makes the best of what we do know, at this point, related to processing times.
Hello Suzanne ,
Had received an in depth ( visa timing estimation ) explanation/ report for my wife’ Niti’s application on Aug 26th 2019 – Much appreciated.
Any idea when, if you would be reinstating this service. I would like to get a review to get a better understanding of what has changed in the last few months and where we stand.
Meanwhile I do appreciate your online complementary resources and blogs.
Hi, I did not read your reply to the post prior to mine and repeated the question for which you have already posted a reply. Apologies.
Will wait for the resumption of the estimation report service.
Best Regards.
Hello, I submitted EB5 on 17 Jul 2018. Could you please advise when I expect to get visa? Many thanks
Have you received approval?